Washing-machine



No. 6l5,570. Patented Dec. 6, [898. J. H. MURPHY G. I. HALFERTY. WASHINGMACHINE.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. MURPHY AND ISA HALFERTY, OF PACKVOOD, IOlVA.

WASHlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,570, dated December6, 1898.

Application filed March 10, 1898.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. MURPHY and ISA HALFERTY, of Packwood, inthe county of Jefferson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in washing-machines, and pertainsto that class in which a rocking clothes-receptacle is set within a boxor tub and oscillated for forcing the water through the clothes.

The object of our invention is to provide an oscillating washer of thepeculiar form hereinafter shown and described, whereby the water isforced through the clothes-receptacle into the clothes for cleansingthem.

. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal verticalsection of the washer complete with the cover thereon. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation with the cover removed and showing the top in position to forma washboard. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view.

A represents a box or tub, preferably rectangular in shape, as hereshown, but which may be of any desired form. For the purpose of enablingthe water within the box or tub to be heated we have attached to thebottom of the tub and preferably extending longitudinally thereof adetachable heater-box B. This heater -box is provided with out turnedflanges C, engaging flanges E upon the bottom of the tub. One end of thetub iscut away at an angle, as shown at D,which permits the tube E fromthe box to extend upward at an angle for the outward passage of theproducts of combustion. This heaterbox can be detached when it isdesired notto heat the water within the tub or box, and when desired toheat it it is placed in position thereon by sliding it endwise, as willbe readily understood. Coal-oil, gas, or wood may be used within thisbox for heating the water, as desired.

The clothes box or receptacle F is semicylindrical, as shown, and hasits sides peculiarly formed. This box consists of the end Serial No.673,394. (No model.)

pieces G, united at their upper ends by the cross-pieces H and united atvarious points of their peripheries by the cross-pieces I, which formapart of the bottom of the box. These cross-pieces I preferably havetheir edges beveled, as shown at a, and situated between thesecross-pieces I at the center of the bottom of the box is a metallicpiece J. This metallic piece J is set at a plane above the bottom of theend pieces of the box and is longitudinally corrugated, as shown at b.The ends of this plate J are curved downward and inward toward eachother, as shown at c, and the plate is provided with perforationsbetween its curved extremities and the said corrugated portions.Situated between the top of the ends of the box and the opposite sidesof the cross-pieces I are metallicportions J, having their lower endsconstructed similar to the metallic piece J and their upper endsperforated and curved inward and attached to the cross-pieces H, asillustrated in Fig. 1. Owing to this construction, as the box is rockedto and fro through the medium of the handle M, attached to one of thejournals thereof, the curved ends of the plates J and J catch the waterwhich is forced through the openings in the said plates and into theclothes, so that as the clothes are swung to and fro within the box thewater is forced under and between them for the purpose of cleansing, aswill be readily understood. The curved ends of the plates serve to catchthe water and force it within the box, while at the inner side thecurved ends form bulges and the corrugations rough places,

thus providing a very uneven bottom for the box, which tends to rub theclothes as the box is oscillated. The inner side of the ends G of thebox are provided with the radiating beads N for the purpose offurnishing a rough surface, which also servcs the purpose of rubbing theclothes as they are rocked to and fro in the box.

The lid P of the box is hinged at one end, as shown, and a button Q, isat the other end for holding it closed. When it is desired to rub anyparticular part of any piece of clothing, the lid is thrown backward, asshown in Fig. 2, it resting intermediate its ends on the adjacent end ofthe box, and the clothes-box tilted, as illustrated. In this positionthe fluted cover serves as a washboard for the pur- IOO pose of washingout any part of the clothes. The edges of this lid are provided with ahead or filling f, which fills up the ends of the grooves formed by thefluting of the lid and which prevents the running of the water out ofthe ends of the fluted portion when it is being used as a washboard.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A Washing-machine comprising an oscillating clothes-box consisting ofend pieces, a

' bottom composed of transverse sectional metallic pieces Jlongitudinally corrugated and having their ends turned outward into Ushape, and provided with perforations, substantially as described.

JOHN H. MURPHY. ISA HALFERTY.

Witnesses:

Z. W. HALFERTY, R. A. MARSHALL.

